Base of a Footed Buff Ware Vessel

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late 8th–9th century · Earthenware; polychrome decoration under transparent glaze (buff ware) · Islamic Art

This fragment decorated with a bird surrounded by ibexes and other scattered motifs has three small feet, indicating that it served as the base of a vessel. Its glaze eroded greatly while it was buried, leaving only the black outlines of the figures and a touch of the yellow body color.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 8th–9th century

Medium

Earthenware; polychrome decoration under transparent glaze (buff ware)

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1939